Shatoosh, an Albin 25 HN 1124, and Pashmina, a 9 foot Porta Bote have cruised over 8,500nm on 70 navigable waterways in the California Delta, the Columbia, Snake, Willamette Rivers and the Salish Sea of Washington and British Columbia. In 2011 they crossed the Columbia River bar to cruise the Washington coast and in 2012 they replicated Peter Puget's 1792 exploration of the southern waters of Puget Sound. In 2015 and 2016 the boats were sold. In 2018 Shatoosh was sold again and is in AZ.

Friday, June 21, 2013

Megan Surprises Us Again

Remember Megan? I met her on Blake Island. See posting 2 June 2013

She has sent me an email and photo showing their latest accomplishment. Gary, her husband used their lift to put Meagan into the dinghy for the first time. Away they went , zooming over the waters with Megan laughing all the way.. It was the first time for a dinghy ride since Megan's accident which left her a high paraplegic. That was 6 years ago and they both continue to amaze us with their enthusiasm to be boating in Puget Sound.

Megan says, " Its great to be alive". What a spirit. Thanks for sharing Megan. The June issue of Northwest Yachting has an article of another couple cruising whose wife is a Quadraplegic from a motor vehicle accident. It is wonderful to see people facing their challenges with such enthusiasm.

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is a retired LTC US Army PT. She learned how to sail in the South China Sea while stationed in Qui Nhon, Republic of Viet Nam. Later she crewed aboard The Skua II, a Great Dane 28, along various sections of the Intracoastal Waterway between Mississippi and Maryland. She has owned 7 boats and has chartered numerous places as far north as Haida Gwaii and as far south as The Dry Torturgas. Her favorite sailboat was Sabra, a Swan 36, which she sailed from Hawaii to Tacoma in 1982 with her twin sister, Jean and friend, "Uncle Mikey".
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